Started as a mute girl? I prospered in the lean years

When he saw Jiang Erlang, he was stunned and said with a smile: "Jiang Erlang? I haven't seen you for a few days. These are..."

Jiang Erlang was overjoyed to see the old man and said hurriedly: "Uncle He, they are all my younger brothers and sisters. This time I come here to discuss a business with you."

"You can still do business?" Uncle He looked at Jiang Erlang with a smile, and then at the small baggage carried by the mute girl. After thinking for a moment, he raised his finger and pointed behind him, "Let's go and talk behind."

A group of five people walked to the backyard. Uncle He and Jiang Erlang sat opposite each other. The three mute girls stood looking left and right, not daring to disturb the two people talking.

Uncle He first took a sip of water to moisten his throat, and then asked: "If you have any good stuff, let me show it to you. As long as the quality is good, the price won't break your bank."

Jiang Erlang touched the tip of his nose and said, "I'd better check the price before talking about it. I'm really worried that you won't accept it!"

Uncle He couldn't help but become more curious.

Jiang Erlang waved to the mute girl, who quickly stepped forward and took off the small bundle. The candy was wrapped in plain cloth. After the plain cloth was lifted, a dark pile was revealed inside.

"What is this?" Uncle He couldn't help but look closer, and after thinking for a long time, he couldn't figure out what it was.

Jiang Erlang picked up one and handed it to Uncle He, "Uncle, please try it."

Uncle He pinched the black ball and asked suspiciously: "Can it be eaten?"

Jiang Erlang seemed to have seen his previous self, and said with a smile: "Yes."

As soon as he took the mouthful, Uncle He frowned at first, and then his taste buds were invaded by the strong mellow sweetness and milky aroma, and his somewhat cloudy eyes couldn't help but light up.

"There seems to be milk in it? It tastes slightly bitter but much sweeter than ordinary sugar. Even I can't recognize what it is. Where did you get it?"

Of course Jiang Erlang couldn't say that he picked it up. He said vaguely: "I just found it accidentally. Uncle He, you are so knowledgeable that no one would recognize it, let alone this kid. You put it out for sale just to see how strange it is." .”

Uncle He pondered for a moment and said, "What price do you want to give?"

Hearing this, Jiang Erlang's eyes lit up and he looked at the mute girl.

Judging from the performance of the mute girl yesterday, he always felt that the mute girl was not as simple as she seemed on the surface. Her previous stupidity might have been a pretense to protect herself.

Uncle He followed his gaze and looked at...the thin girl, thinking secretly in his heart, could it be that this little girl can make the decision? How old is she? Seven years old?

The mute girl first stretched out four fingers, then one finger.

Uncle He was stunned for a moment, then realized that the girl in front of him couldn't speak, and subconsciously asked: "Four pills for a penny?"

After saying that, he felt something was wrong again.

Then I saw that the girl was shaking her head like a rattle.

He was convinced.

Looking at Jiang Erlang with a smile, "You, sister, are very confident."

Jiang Erlang was also surprised in his heart, but he didn't show it at all on his face and said with a smile: "The mute girl is young and doesn't understand the market. Please don't blame Uncle He. I wonder why Uncle He thinks the price is right?"

Uncle He cursed in his heart, 'Little fox cub'. You know she doesn't understand the market, but you still ask her?

After scolding him, he moved his eyes towards the pile of candy balls that didn't look very good. They looked much bigger than ordinary candies, but they were more unusual than others. The He family was a famous big family in the entire Huaiyang County. Although he is a branch of the He family and has seen a lot of good things, he has never seen this kind of candy.

But he is a businessman after all, so he pretended to be wrong: "Although this candy is rare, it is also too expensive. Ordinary candies cost four or five cents a penny, and the rare ones cost three, four cents a piece..." ·”

Jiang Erlang heard the embarrassment in his words, and before he could look to answer, he saw the mute girl wrapping up the plain cloth again with her small hands.

"Hey -" Uncle He has never seen a deal that leaves no room for anything, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop it.

The candy costing four cents a piece was so expensive that he himself was reluctant to eat it, but if he gave it to his family, he would make a lot of money.

"Young girl, right? We are businessmen, so we have to deal with each other, and the price is easy to negotiate, right? Why don't you let me think about it again?"

The mute girl looked up at him with her little face raised, and then stretched out her hand to make a number, indicating that she would only give it to three cents a piece, no matter how little it was, she would not sell it.

Seeing the little girl looking up at him with a pair of big eyes and a small face, he felt soft. He had a little granddaughter who was also seven years old this year.

"That's all, for the sake of Erlang and I getting to know each other, just three Wen! How many are there in total here?"

Jiang Erlang didn't expect that Uncle He would actually agree. After realizing it, he stood up and handed over his hands, "Thank you, Uncle He!"

The three mute girls also bent over and bowed, with the same excited smiles on their faces.

The mute girl had already counted the numbers in the car, subtracting the four she just ate and the one Uncle He ate, so she counted an eight and a three, and then handed the chocolate ball to Uncle He, signaling him to count. .

Jiang Erlang couldn't help but glance at the mute girl again. Why didn't he know that the mute girl could count?

After Uncle He finished counting and determined that the number was 83, he asked Huzi to bring an abacus and started counting money.

The mute girl saw that he was moving the abacus very quickly, so she held back and did not directly draw the total.

"The total is 249 Wen. Huzi goes and gets the money."

Huzi said "Hey" and turned around again and again after leaving. He couldn't understand how that dark thing could be so expensive!

Finally, I got two ounces of money and 49 pieces of loose money.

Jiang Erlang put all the money into the mute girl's small bag.

The mute girl felt wonderful carrying the heavy little burden.

Jiang Wei and Jiang Sanlang both looked at the mute girl with envy and wanted to touch her.

Before leaving, Uncle He kept saying that if there was anything left, he could bring it all to him.

Jiang Erlang smiled and agreed without saying that this was a one-time deal.

The four of them were overjoyed to be back on the street.

"Silly girl, you are too bold to raise a price. I'm even worried that the uncle will kick us out!" Jiang Sanlang looked scared, but he couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes.

"Yeah, yeah, I didn't expect that candy that looks like a sheep shit egg could be so valuable... Why are you all looking at me?"

The mute girl felt like vomiting and couldn't bear to look away.

Jiang Erlang's face turned green, "Well, a little girl has a long mouth. You should talk less in the future."

Jiang Sanlang wanted to take action directly, but Jiang Erlang stopped him.

Jiang Wei felt that the second and third brothers were bullying her, so the mute girl was better, so she took the mute girl's little hand and left aggrievedly.

Dumb Girl: It’s not that she doesn’t dislike it, it’s just that she can’t say it.

The three of them didn't say a word about what to do with the money. It seemed that the mute girl should take it as a matter of course, but the mute girl was not a stingy person. When passing by the steamed bun shop, she forcefully bought two meat buns for three pennies for the whole family. of.

As the saying goes, a boy in his mid-teens is a poor man. Young people get hungry quickly. Even though they were half full after eating in the morning, they are already ravenous by this time. The brothers and sisters ate the buns happily while walking.

The mute girl wanted to buy pork and mutton when she saw him selling it. She wanted to enter the clothing store when she saw it. She wanted to eat so much when she saw the mutton soup cake shop. She didn’t know if it was because of her health. She was not very greedy for meat in modern times. She felt that in this era The meaty flavor is particularly appealing.

It was a pity that she was surrounded by three people who were holding her back, especially Jiang Erlang. Whenever she made a move, this person would pull her beside him, as if he wanted to put her in his pocket for fear of losing her.

If you can't buy anything, the mute girl won't be happy to carry copper coins. The weight of more than two hundred copper coins was indeed not light. The original owner was not tall to begin with, so she was worried that she would be weighed down and not grow taller when carrying the weight, so she handed the small bundle to Jiang Erlang and asked him to hold it.

Jiang Erlang looked at the mute girl's back being pulled away by Jiang Wei, smiled and shook his head.

He had to find time to get something out of the mute girl's mouth. The mute girl had changed a lot in the past two days.

After the four brothers and sisters and the three old men Jiang met, they saw that the cart pushed by Mr. Jiang was piled with bags of grain.

"Why did you buy so much food?" Jiang Erlang exclaimed and stepped forward.

Old Man Jiang was very worried.

He just went to see an old friend, and when he came back, his son and daughter-in-law wanted to spend all their money to buy food. What happened? But?

Although there may be disasters, there is still autumn harvest! As long as the grain harvested in the autumn is not sold, can we still get by next year if we add some grain to tighten our belts? How can you buy so much?